Uknown Algae

agruetz · 04/06/2012, 02:52 PM

I believe this is some sort of Macro Algae, It is starting to over take my new Zoa's I am doing manual removal now, short of getting phosphates to zero (Which I am working on they are currently .08) Is there anything I can do to kill this crap off?

sponger0 · 04/06/2012, 04:11 PM

Depends on the type of algae. Looks like it could be bryopsis but need another pic

agruetz · 04/07/2012, 09:12 AM

After looking at many pictures of bryopsis, I concur this is what it is. It matches other pictures exactly. Now how to do I kill this crap?

sponger0 · 04/07/2012, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by agruetz

After looking at many pictures of bryopsis, I concur this is what it is. It matches other pictures exactly. Now how to do I kill this crap?

Haha good luck. Ready to have a fun battle? Not trying to discourage you but I didnt have luck with it. Supoosedly you can use Kent M Tech to kill it. If you dose your tank to 1500-1600, its suppose to kill it. I did that for 2 weeks. Never killed it.

Also keep your phosphates down to try and starve it. I dont know anyothers beside pulling the rock and scrubing it but bryopsis seems to plant itself pretty well into rocks

agruetz · 04/07/2012, 09:33 AM

Lovely, crap got introduced thru a frag or two I added of zoa's I am afraid it is going to over take and kill all my zoa's. Sigh. These were my last corals I would be putting in the tank.

sponger0 · 04/07/2012, 09:43 AM

Just keep pruning it and scrub the rock. But grab a bottle of Mtech. Alot of people have had success with it. I didnt though

agruetz · 04/07/2012, 09:58 AM

Yea considering my small tank only has 1 large rock with all my coral's on it. Scrubbing it is not really an option. Maybe I will just let my GSP take over and just have a GPS tank LOL. It out grows everything in the tank anyway. Seems highly debated on weather it is the kent m tech or Mg in general. Wonder where our local chemistry expert is, maybe he can shed some light on that. Thanks I will see what I can do, maybe step up my water changes and I have a skimmer coming. Maybe lower nutrients will help too.

sponger0 · 04/07/2012, 10:01 AM

Well basically what I have been able to find, what Mtech does differently than regular magnesium is that its rumored to have something in there that is toxic to bryopsis which is why it is successful.

Raising magnesium to those levels is suppose to work basically is the magnesium at high levels causes magnesium helps with the growing process and at such high levels is suppose ot make the algae try to grow at such a high rate that it actually stops growing. Or thats what I read.

04/07/2012, 09:12 AM	#3
agruetz Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 591	After looking at many pictures of bryopsis, I concur this is what it is. It matches other pictures exactly. Now how to do I kill this crap? __________________ 27 Gallon BioCube - 1 Gold Striped Marroon Clowns, Assorted Zoa's, and a clean up crew running around

04/07/2012, 09:33 AM	#5
agruetz Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 591	Lovely, crap got introduced thru a frag or two I added of zoa's I am afraid it is going to over take and kill all my zoa's. Sigh. These were my last corals I would be putting in the tank. __________________ 27 Gallon BioCube - 1 Gold Striped Marroon Clowns, Assorted Zoa's, and a clean up crew running around Last edited by agruetz; 04/07/2012 at 09:43 AM.

04/07/2012, 09:58 AM	#7
agruetz Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 591	Yea considering my small tank only has 1 large rock with all my coral's on it. Scrubbing it is not really an option. Maybe I will just let my GSP take over and just have a GPS tank LOL. It out grows everything in the tank anyway. Seems highly debated on weather it is the kent m tech or Mg in general. Wonder where our local chemistry expert is, maybe he can shed some light on that. Thanks I will see what I can do, maybe step up my water changes and I have a skimmer coming. Maybe lower nutrients will help too. __________________ 27 Gallon BioCube - 1 Gold Striped Marroon Clowns, Assorted Zoa's, and a clean up crew running around

04/06/2012, 04:11 PM	#2
sponger0 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 6,659	Depends on the type of algae. Looks like it could be bryopsis but need another pic

04/07/2012, 09:43 AM	#6
sponger0 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 6,659	Just keep pruning it and scrub the rock. But grab a bottle of Mtech. Alot of people have had success with it. I didnt though

04/07/2012, 10:01 AM	#8
sponger0 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 6,659	Well basically what I have been able to find, what Mtech does differently than regular magnesium is that its rumored to have something in there that is toxic to bryopsis which is why it is successful. Raising magnesium to those levels is suppose to work basically is the magnesium at high levels causes magnesium helps with the growing process and at such high levels is suppose ot make the algae try to grow at such a high rate that it actually stops growing. Or thats what I read.